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 * Author: Roland Eckl, Corporate Technology
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using System;


namespace RVM.Helpers
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Enables to create generic types at run-time.
    /// </summary>
    public static class SmartGenerics
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a generic of a given type at run-time.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="generic">Generic type, e.g. List</param>
        /// <param name="innerType">Inner type, e.g. object, string, ...</param>
        /// <param name="args"></param>
        /// <returns>Typed generic</returns>
        public static object CreateGeneric(Type generic, Type innerType, params object[] args)
        {
            Type specificType = generic.MakeGenericType(new [] { innerType });
            return Activator.CreateInstance(specificType, args);
        }
    }
}
